Steglitz: Wolfensteindamm/Schloßstraße
Bernd Albers Architekten with ENS Architekten
From a Major Intersection to Town Square
The project focuses on three streets with different characteristics that define the character of the Steglitz district: the Schloßstrasse shopping street, the A 103 city motorway, and the Wolfensteindamm “feeder road”. The proposal therefore envisages three different approaches to transforming these car-dominated spaces into places shaped for human habitation. On Schloßstrasse, the number of vehicle lanes will be reduced to allow for a greater presence of pedestrians and cyclists, in keeping with the “boulevard” profile. The A 103 motorway will be brought down to ground level, and reduced from eight lanes to four. This will free up space for a park on the S-Bahn embankment and allow us to convert the remaining lane into a “parkway”. The Wolfensteindamm will be converted back into a neighbourhood street, creating building plots for additions to the residential buildings. The multi-lane intersection of the three roads will become a spacious roundabout, creating an urban square at its centre and a new landmark for all to enjoy.
The existing streetscape
Today, the intersection of Schloßstrasse/Unter den Eichen, the A 103 and Wolfensteindamm is a river of tarmac, dominated by cars. The few remaining traces of history - the town hall, the cemetery, the church - are lost in the overwhelming infrastructure and 1970s development.
Site plan 1:2,000
The site plan M 1:2,000 shows the proposed measures in the context of the entire Steglitz neighbourhood: Schloßstrasse as a boulevard lined with commercial buildings, but also with small squares, the “parkway” that was once the A 103, the new town square and Wolfensteindamm, which has become a neighbourhood street.
Analytical sketches
Volumetry, traffic and greenery, before and after.
Site plan 1:500
The 1:500 site plan shows the square, its surrounding buildings and overall design. Its elevated position, which separates it from the street, the alternation of paved and green areas and the creation of quiet zones with shaded seating make it an urban setting with an excellent atmosphere.
Section
Section through the space of the new town square.
A new city square
Eye-level perspective view from the corner of Schloßstrasse/Wolfensteindamm looking north. In the foreground, the new road layout and the new, elevated town square, which is bordered by a new plinth development of the “Steglitzer Kreisel“. On the left is the Schloßstrasse boulevard, on the right the “mouth” of the new parkway, which replaces the A 103 motorway.
The team
The project was created by Bernd Albers Architekten (Silvia Malcovati and Stefan Lotz) with ENS Architekten (Dieter Eckert, Hubertus Negwer, Wouter Suselbeek) in collaboration with students from the FH Potsdam. Collaborators: Mariana Dasheva, Jakob Dörre, Dennis Garcaliuc, Aaron Kührt, Nicole Rommel, Fina Spier.
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